When Pilots Were Pilots and Rudders were RUDDERS!

[poopsmut]

badass



[bmx864life]

John Mohr + knifeedge = awsome



[SuperAviatar]

I was taught the art of sideslipping way back in 1971 in a Rollason Condor! Thanks Brian.... In a stiff crosswind, it is possible to travel at more than forty five degrees to the runway, very spectacular, and very worrying for the owner of the flying school. I went solo on a taildragger with no flaps and a stalling speed of 39 knots, needing less than 50 knots over the hedge in order to stop before the other end. Lovely!

[iankiller1]

I wish they would do stuff like this with World War One aircraft. It might be a lot harder to pull it off but pilots like this have the talent to do anything. Not to mention that their smart enough to leave room for error.

[MrJp990]

@iankiller1 ive seen some sopwith camels do some awesome stunts

[ChicaWolverina]

They don't need to do that with rare planes anymore at airshows, put a stop to stunts!!

[djmp69]

@ChicaWolverina - Thats like sayin stop July 4th fireworks! "Stunts" basically saved many pilots' lives in both aerial combat and everyday flight challenges. These "stunts" are merely a tribute to the maneuvers that pilots did all the time while flying to protect their country or to protect you when you're travelling by plane. Simply put, it's how these aircraft were flown anyway. Have some respect for the art of flying, and for the artists that put their lives on the line everyday for you.

[ChicaWolverina]

@djmp69 No you're misunderstanding what I'm quipping and thinking I wouldn't understand well more than that anyway. Although if they stopped flying actual rare vintage aircraft and flew some high fidelity replica, and did the stupid dog & pony tricks for masses with the occasional "accident" to keep up the adventure... why it'll be just fine with me.

[djmp69]

@ChicaWolverina I do see your point. It's just that the way you put it, "...put a stop to stunts," has nothing to do with it. I agree--don't put a stop to stunts, just stop doing them in pieces of history. Do them in replicas so we're not throwing away valuable machines. Thanks for clearing that up!

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

If the pilot is good enough in a forward slip, airplanes can do this.

[gmccord1970]

"In case you're wondering airplanes don't do that."

Well, this one does!

[basimpsn]

WOW a spoon edge lol.

[bonbondesel]

Wow ! Years of experience to perform a level slip so close to the ground ! Beautiful to watch !

[DanielMadrigalC]

now !!that's what I call a  pilot!!

[FlyinandDrivin]

It's called a Forward Slip. Not a knife edge, not a wingtip sander. He's not touching the ground but he is demonstrating the kind of control that only comes after years of practice. Good video.

[grimeuphoria]

Consider the wing tips sanded and ready for paint! Looks like the tip of the rudder's a little rough, time to go inverted!

[spankerpoligoli]

fantastic knife edge , dangerous , that's why its gorgeous

[greenfruitface]

I am of the "new generation" of pilots, and I know 'seat of the pants' flying. I happen to fly an A320, but don't hold that against other types of flying I do.

[whizbang47]

Little Snerdleigh doesn't believe airplanes do that. His Pater agrees "exactly."

[JBattaile]

obviously they do!

[stiltmeister]

Rottydaddy, they will never understand until they fly in a real vintage biplane. An airplane that flies because it's built to fly, not because they put twice the engine up front. Most of the new generation of pilots wouldn't know 'seat of the pants' flying if it bit 'em there.

Check out this video: /watch?v=qJU6SWcSxr0

With the music it brought a tear to my eye.

[popo1173]

well kid thet do alot more than that

[DoctorIncredible]

what? airplanes do that just fine. its called a slip.

[rottydaddy]

LOL... and to the biplane "haters" who think that shouldn't have been done I say: how much biplane time do you have?

[RStickMan22]

if you were wondering plane DO do that cuz it just did, A Extra 300 dose that move really good!

[1factoid]

And dumbasses were dumbasses!

[travers114]

That little kid at the end made me giggle :D

'In case your wondering, airplanes don't do that!'

[TheCarlez]

he sounded just like a guy i heard on cs last night XD

[5729373]

nice video. good looking jackknife too

[sigair]

right yaw, left roll, and some flare right?

[popo1173]

keep her diggin!!i was down at the ultralight end when that happened and let me tell ya that is a good spot to watch the airshow from.

[redbird247]

We once got held up getting out before the airshow, frantically taxiing the cardinal past the FAA guys who looked less like flagmen and more like catapult launch officers -- GO!

But at the end of 27: a phalanx of warbird propellers.

So they taxied us into the "penalty box" beside the Warbirds tower, and we watched the airshow from there. A completely wonderful place to do it from!

[Irvine5312x6ma]

No words to say...awesome!!!

[JC19903000]

cool im a model aircraft pilot that sweet the trick is called jackknife basically your ment to do it in a extra 300s or sumthing with a powerfully engine not a biplane haha the pilot is crazy nice vid btw what airshow is this its looks like oshcosh if thats how u spell it lol cya

[unapro3]

LOL knife edge, not Jacknife. Jacknife is when you are a bad Semi driver....

[cautionfiamable]

and knife edge is when the plane is at a 90 degree, basically flying a 1/4th roll

[djdecember]

that guy scared me sh*tless this year

[RockBass91]

Isn't that basically a slip that maintains altitude?

[redbird247]

Yep. But just try to maintain one with that bank angle in any contemporary spam can!